The company that produced the animation “2475 Dawn of Revolution” has filed a defamation lawsuit against Prachatai, its editor-in-chief, and three other people, claiming that a news article from March 2024 contained false information about the company’s relationship with the Army.

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to up to 9 years in prison on a royal defamation charge over Facebook posts. He was later granted a 5-year suspension.

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa has testified in court regarding his fifth royal defamation charge, with a verdict to be delivered on 3 December, insisting that his criticism was intended to modernise the monarchy. In four earlier cases, he received a cumulative sentence of over 14 years.

The Cabinet has approved a proposal made by the National Security Council (NSC) to expedite the citizenship and permanent residency application process for immigrants who have been in Thailand for at least 15 years and ethnic minority children.

The Criminal Court has dismissed a royal defamation charge filed against online influencer Supakchaya, or Thidaporn, Chaokuwiang, also known by the internet alias “Nurat,” for video advertisements on the online shopping platform Lazada on the grounds that Princess Chulabhorn is not covered by the royal defamation law.

Activist Sopon Surariddhidhamrong has been sentenced to 2 years in prison on a royal defamation charge for a protest speech criticizing the government’s Covid-19 vaccine programme and the royal family’s use of taxpayer’s money, bringing his total prison sentence to 8 years and 6 months.

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a comment on a Facebook page. He was later granted bail to appeal the case.

The Appeal Court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to prison in absentia for a royal defamation charge over selling a rubber duck calendar, which allegedly mocked King Vajiralongkorn.

Although Chiang Mai’s once-in-decades flood retreated from the city within days, several poor urban communities – many of which are in the city’s worst-affected areas – are facing the huge task of cleaning their homes and working through several layers of red tape before they can be compensated by the local government.

The Narathiwat Provincial Court closed proceedings against defendants in the Tak Bai Massacre case last Friday (25 October) as the twenty-year statute of limitations for pressing charges had been reached. The defendants were never arraigned, highlighting the difficulties of bringing politically-influential figures to justice in Thailand.

With the statute of the limitations on the Tak Bai massacre expiring today (25 October), a lawyer representing victims’ families said that their legal team is considering pressing negligence charges against the police for not working the case.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has expressed sorrow and issued an apology for the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai massacre, ahead of the statute of limitations expiring today (25 October 2024), with no official involved having been convicted, saying the case does not meet the criteria for extending the statute of limitations.